JPC Chairman to hear farmers in Hubballi, Vijayapura today over Waqf row

Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, criticized the visit of Jagadambika Pal, Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, calling it politically motivated. Shivakumar argued that Pal's visit, accompanied by BJPBJPBJP MP Tejasvi Surya, was a political maneuver ahead of upcoming elections.